Rock Art Research

Trialeti is one of the key rock art sites in the Caucasus region. It provides a consistent reference for the rock art heritage of the southern Caucasus. This site offers diverse data to interpret the symbolic production and distribution in the area between Europe and Asia over several millennia. In this paper, we present the results of the most recent investigations carried out in 2022 that reappraise the significance of the Trialeti rock art site within the region. Our investigations focused on the specific area where rock art panels were documented nearly half a century ago. The surrounding landscape, characterised by volcanic-origin non-karstic caves and rockshelters, held significant interest for pre-Historic and Historical societies.